This manual contains the core information necessary for healthcare providers and frontline responders to work within the context of mental health emergencies. Key topics include: management of ...

Health workers have expressed concern for how the planned resignations of more than half of psychiatrists working in NSW's public health system will impact the state's wider health system.

A spokesperson for NSW Mental Health Minister Rose Jackson said “in many cases, mental health care and treatment is best provided in the community to avoid the need for emergency hospital care ...

we’ve already seen mental health beds and clinics across the state close. The crisis will see even more beds and clinics close. “Distressed patients presenting to NSW emergency departments ...